CU student shot by Boulder police released from hospital, arrested

Coleman Stewart, 23, facing menacing, obstruction charges

The scene early May 30 of the officer-involved shooting on University Hill. Boulder police identified the suspect as Coleman Stewart, 23. (Photo by Jason Lutz/For the Camera)

The University of Colorado student who was shot by Boulder police following a University Hill standoff May 30 is out of the hospital and has been booked and released from jail.

Coleman Stewart, 23, was booked into the Boulder County Jail on Tuesday on suspicion of felony menacing, obstructing a peace officer, resisting arrest and theft of less than $50. Stewart was released on $10,000 bond, according to Boulder police spokeswoman Laurie Ogden.

He is scheduled to make a first court appearance July 3.

According to Boulder police, Stewart, a student in CU's Continuing Education Program, got into a disagreement with a cab driver who alleged Stewart attempted to flee without paying early May 30.

The driver called police, and Stewart, who reportedly had been drinking, ran inside his University Hill apartment building at 1090 11th St., one block from where the cab dropped him off and two blocks from a police annex.

Police say soon after that, Stewart pointed a gun at them, prompting officers to fire multiple shots at the suspect.

Police found a pellet gun behind Stewart's front door but did not find any other weapons.

The three officers involved in the shooting — Nicholas C. Frankenreiter, Jacob R. Vaporis and Erin P. Starks — are on paid, administrative leave while the Boulder County Critical Incident Team investigates the shooting. The investigation is expected to take several weeks.

Two police officers also were injured in the incident. One was struck by the fragment of a ricocheted bullet that had been fired by another officer. The second injured officer had glass fly into his or her eye after breaking down a window to the apartment building.

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